Much was made of the few notable absences from the 2010 All-Star rosters. But there is no bigger snub than Twins pitcher Francisco Liriano, who has been the best in baseball when it comes to statistics pitchers can most control.

Houston tops my list of Cities Traveled To Most Often Without Writing About a Local Athlete. It started normally: I was first here in 2002 writing about Lance Berkman, back in my baseball-writer days. (Thank God those are over. I'd lose sleep bloggin...